They used to be called “tranny slams” but that now sounds like a hate crime, so it shouldn’t be said.

But why would you want to hold the pedal down for a whole light cycle?

Fair statement. CVTs on things like scooters are not the absolute worst.

This. If you wanted something that's not a plain Jane car to daily instead of your museum show car, why not take the $20k the scammers want for their scamobile and buy a second hand Elise or Cayman? You get fun, uncommon, and with the Porsche, badge-snob factor.

That is the most disappointing shade of paint that could be attached to the name “Omni Blue.” Fucsia or neon green would be more Omni Blue than this off-silver business.

Well, this is certainly true. I’ve added features to my cars a few times when they’ve not been optioned at the factory, but I also don’t blame people for not wanting to do so. And it seems like with most non-performance cars that are offered with a stick, you’re always trading features for the stick.

I never said anything about the Benz driver not being 100% at fault, did I? My point was that if the thing is an investment - why expose the investment to undue risk of a collision? And since people are upset about the diminshed value aspect, if the car is truly meant to be an investment, why would it not be insured…

Because I needed to know I made a typo on the comments section of a bankrupt internet blog. And yes, I also know it’s “Internet” in the proper-noun sense.

Little boosted fours are the best of both worlds. Economy when you’re feeling nice, and big lumps of torque down low when you’re feeling frisky.

Given that you own an Abarth, I thought the answer would be obvious: low weight and how the torque is delivered matter a lot more than the actual amount of torque you have. 170ftlbs at the crank in a car the size and weight of a roller skate is better than 650ftlbs in a diesel truck made of pig iron girders.

I don't like how Mazda does that with their cars. I once shopped the Mazda6 and was bummed out that I couldn't pair a stick to the color and lighting package I wanted.

When out and about in the world, you can probably do some manual-spotting by looking for drivers of Minis, Fiats/Abarths, and BR-Z/FR-S twins. Whether the driver is a man or woman, all of these are examples of cars more frequently sold with manual transmissions than automatics.

Such a correct & good attitude you have. Insure your car properly, and use it properly according to your purpose in owning. If it’s a toy you want to use in the real world, then you have real world risks in exposing it to people, public roads, and the elements. I feel like this is the kind of guy who views the car as…

Point #2 is not a valid one. If you own a car like this and that’s a concern, don’t drive it on public roads where risk abounds. And certainly don’t street-park it in America, where automatics are everywhere and skills are minimal. If the car is an “investment” then it should be garaged up somewhere. I personally…

The most beautiful Ferrari I’ve ever seen was a 308 that had some stone chips and even some door dings. The owner said it was his daily driver.

It is, but the overreaction isn’t really justified. I’ve had people crash into me several times, and while I do get angry, I first of all never want to loose face and show it. It also is unproductive - I simply want what needs to happen to get my car paid for and repaired to happen with the minimum drama possible.…

This. I got tagged in my fairly-new car, it didn’t even have 7k mi on the clock and I had it for maybe 5 months. Still smelled like a new car. A total goofball in a S10 with bald tires came flying up on me on a cold October morning in a drizzly-slush and smacked into my car. Like yours, my car probably was a bigger…

Not all of us want to complicate our civil suit against a stupid asshole by beating the shit out of said stupid asshole.

Am a girl; I daily a manual and with the exception of my first car, I have only bought and owned manual cars. I’ve even bought two new manual cars to support “Save the Manuals.” And if that’s not commitment enough - I daily my stick car wearing heels most days, because of work attire.

Education is exactly it. I’ve been recently reintroduced to the feeling of “I don’t know how this works” but buying a modern car with firmware and software in it; stuff that makes the car trickier to understand and deal with on my own. I’ve rewired a harness on an older car (early 2000s) from the ECU out to the engine…